NASSAU (8 December 2023) – The Bahamas has made improvements on preventing arbitrary detentions, but further efforts are essential to advance legislative initiatives and ensure effective and inclusive...

GENEVA (15 November 2023) – UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk said today he was alarmed by reports that the arbitrary expulsion of Afghan nationals from Pakistan has been accompanied by abuse...

It has been two years since two staff of UNESCO and the UN Human Rights Office were detained in Sana'a, Yemen. Since then, we have not received information about the reasons for their detention or...

GENEVA (7 November 2023) – UN experts* today demanded an end to the arbitrary detention of the Bishop of Matagalpa, Monsignor Rolando José Álvarez, following the release of 12 Catholic priests on 18...

While much attention has been on the attacks inside Israel and the escalation of hostilities in Gaza since 7 October, the situation in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, is alarming and...

GENEVA (17 October 2023) – China must consider alternative solutions to forcible repatriation of North Korean escapees, UN experts* said today, calling on the country to respect the principle of non...

We are deeply concerned by recent arrest warrants against senior judges of the International Criminal Court by the Russian Federation, following earlier warrants against the Court’s Prosecutor and Pre...

GENEVA (11 October 2023) – UN experts today called for the immediate release of imprisoned women’s rights and anti-death penalty advocate, Narges Mohammadi, who was awarded the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize...

Excellencies and colleagues, I am pleased to address you today at this forum. I thank all the organizers for convening this high-level event on the United Nations Common Position on Incarceration...